ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930) with the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

Director Lewis Milestone shot two versions of his WWI classic All Quiet on the Western Front: the celebrated sound version that won an early Academy Award for Best Picture, and a dialogue-free “silent” version made for the international market and for U.S. theaters not yet equipped for sound. Tonight, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra accompanies the lesser known version of Milestone’s masterpiece. The music will be supplemented by sound effects created live by Cleveland’s own Radio on the Lake Theatre. This screen adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s searing anti-war novel is not to be missed. 35mm. 133 min.